The Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-10-18, Page 13.-"•Tr2.1'
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A Wingham wan, Jo
Coultes, has been named ie the
Canadian Hereford Association:4-
1988 honor roti. The award
recognizes cattlemen who are
considered leaders in the -
development of the Hereford breed
in Canada.
Born in Morris Township 68 years
ago, Mr. Coultes was introduced to
the cattle business by his father, the
late C. R. Coultes, a cattle buyer.
Young Jim spent many hours at the
Ontario Stockyards, as well as atthe
Canadian National Exhibition and
the Royal Winter Fair, where he
always found time to admire the
beef cattle.
In 1942, realizing the demands of
the packer buyers, he purchased a
group of Hereford heifers from Dr.
Perdue at Blyth, establishing
Belgrave Hereford Farms. Over the
next 30 years, many bulls were sold
to both commercial and purebred
units.
Belgrave Hereford Farms also
produced the first bull on official
government test to gain over three
pounds per day.
The Coultes cattle were shown
throughout Ontario and on two oc-
casinos
champion buijawarrdattheCNE, In.
Mk he _had th#49Pnl1ifig Igtitat
the Ontario 13ull Sale.
In 19,55, Mr. Coultes Was ekacteian
Ontario director of the' Canidian
Hereford Association, se,rving mkthe
board unit! 1960 when heilias elected
president. In 1962, Mr, Coultes was
elected to the CTIA board of direc-
tors and in 1967 was elected
president.
Belgrave Hereford Farms
remained in operation until 1972,
when livestock order buying
outgrew the purebred business. The
order buying grew to a point where
Mr. Coultes was handling $1 million
worth of business per month. Feeder
cattle were purchased at all major
sales Canada -wide, including
Agribition.
Upon retirement in 1980,
Coultes and his wife Marjorie moved
to Wingham, but still attend most
Hereford functions and he remains
active in the feeder cattle business.
Also named to the Canadian
Hereford Association's 1988 Honor
Roll are John and Leroy MacKinley
of Charlottetown, P.E.I and Louis
Latimer of Olds, Alta.
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FIRST SNOWFALL — Robin Herd of Patrick Street in Wingham
cleared snow from the family car last Wednesday morning after the
season's first snowfall.
Huron County Health Unit
and the
Veterinary Clinics
of Huron County
ANTI -RABIES CLINICS
FOR HURON couNrr
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1988
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1988
9:00 am. - 4:00 p.m.
At the Veterinary Clinics Listed below
For dogs and cats over 3 months of age. Please have
them on a Ieash or in boxes or bags when in the clinic.
COST: $7.00 per animal vaccinated
Certificate provided, and tag for dogs.
THE FOLLOWING HURON couNw
CLINICS ARE PARTICIPATING
• Blyth Veterinary Services •
Queen Street South
(New Location)
• Exeter Animal Hospital •
London Road South (Hwy. 4),
Exeter
• Seaforth Veterinaty C11111c •
Main Street North, Seaforth
NOTE: Sat., Oct. 29, 9 arn4 pin
• South Hutori VetertnaryClInlo •
•toderIch Veterinary alntc •
R.R. 2 Goderich
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11 AlfeedateetEaat Wirlehatn
• WinghtirtiVeterfilarytillife
• Rantoul Poci Cornplext *Menai,
NOTE: Orme% Veterlhartellefo
Wed Nov. 2 and the allenton of
Frklay Nov: 4.1.50,10,
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FAMED EDUCATOR OPENC*'— 1.10# Dennis, far right, et*oator, auttior endandconsultant, ..sno of,
Wingham Ptibic Schoolleper)* on his viewa-orteriucattom Before the meeting -he Owed, some ofthos
views with Bruce 'Robertson, princiPal of the Wingham Public School and Bob Atlen, county director of
education.
on the educati
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By Margaret Stapleton
Lloyd Dennis, famed Ontario
educator and author, brought h
"Learning Circus" to Wingham la
Wednesday evening, Oct. 12, sharin
his view of the province
educational system and his visio
for the future.
Almost 100 people, main
teachers, turned out to the Wingha
Public School auditorium to listen
Mr. Dennis. The evening wa
sponsored by the Huron and Bruc
chaptersof the Ontario Publ
School Teachers' Federation.
Almost 20 years ago, Mr. Denni
and a colleague put forward th
Hall -Dennis Report, "Living an
Learning", which has changed th
face of education in Ontario over th
past twoslecades.
aeralded- by some for its "open
approach to education and deride
by others, the,.0port remains
controversial document. This i
especially true in light of som
recently -published reports -- th
Radwonski Report for instance
which propose a return to a mor
rigid approach to education.
Mr. Dennis began his talk b
describing "horror stories" of hi
own early education in Norther
Ontario. He spoke of an educationa
system which resembled a military
camp and how those earl
experiences changed him forever.
Following his war service, Mr
Dennis returned to Canada t
become a teacher, "vowing never to
scar the heart of a child."
The educational system Mr
Dennis entered as a teacher was
much different than it is today. Se
tandards imposed education on
hildren, drilling them with conten
rom the past and exerting tOntrO
n their young minds.
One way of exerting control was
with the strap, which he said he was
orced to use in a more sadistic way
han anything he had learned in the
rmy.
However, during the 1960s, there
as an awakening among teachers
ho started to question the system
nd say, "This is not quite right,"
ccording to Mr. Dennis. There also
as an awakening of the spirit of
ducation and a new concern for the
uman being.
"Living and Learning" %yak bOrn
f this new concern andras just ode
fa number -of reports on edudition
ublislied- across' titiada it he
ame time
The reports all said the sail*
hing, continued Mr. Dennis ---Aat
earning is a Motivational thing aid
uscbe undertaken_ an effective
trriosPhere: -
it tins( provide special services
Or dijiadVatitaged , children and be
terefititt‘ challenging t and
livotaPtik Itimist "be responsible
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port, but mething.wat.lostinthe
lerninia Dennis.
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However in spite of its
shortcomings, Mr. Dennis said the
province- has built an education
system which is second to none in
the world and "I stand 10 feet tall
tonight, proud of Ontario
education."
ENTER\THE DRAGON
Although the system strives to
provide the best educational
opportunities possible for the
youngsters, that system is, hurt by
what Mr, Dennis, referred to as "The
Dragon".
Ignorance on the part of the public
harms education, he said, including
the notion that "teaching is not a big
deal".
The school system must also
contend with a society that is
preoccupied with materialism and
-hag maly
young people find confusing. From
an early age, they are taught that
the only way to be counted as a true
success in life is to make a lot of
money and that is sad.
The -education system has been
criticized in recent years, said Mr.
Dennis, to a great degree by people
who have very little to do with its
actual day-to-day operation.
What they do not realize is that
teachers are overloaded with work.
They also must deal with economic
ups and downs, sexism, abuse and
hypocrisy, to name just a few, said
Mr. Dennis.
What the critics- of the present
system are proposing is eErly entry
- to school, an imposed cu.riculum,
standards, uniformity. and rep-
etition, which, he fears, will lead
education back to where it was 20
years ago.
Learning is a personal thing,
argued Mr. Dennis. It is individual,
continuous, invisible, aesthetic and
"committed to human betterment".
Teachers must possess knowl-
edge, kill, understanding, vision,
_warn:ith and humor to guide their
young charges toward the future.
What does Mr. Dennis hope for the
school of the future? He wants it to
be stable, adequate, teach values
and self-discipline in a setting of
sharing, peace and courage. It has
taken the province's education
system many years to get where it Is
today and he does not want to see it
go backward.
FINAL TAX
INSTALLMENTS DUE
The final installment for the Town of. Wingham is due Octo-
ber 31, 1988.
Anterest 4.1'1414 Per Filth or any part thereof will be
charga ed Of Noverither 1, 988.
NOTE: Persons who have acquired properties and have
not received a fax bill should contact the Clerk's Office. Fail-
ure to receive a bill does -not relieve a taxpayer from responsi-
bility for payment of taxes, nor from penalty for late payment.
J. Byron Adams
Clerk Treasurer
. NOTICE
MUNICIPAL ELECTION OFFICIALS
• Due to the fact that the number of election polls has been
Increased this year, interested parties are being sought to act
as Deputy Returning Officers and Poll Clerks in the upcoming
MOrtiCiPal Election Schedules to be held in November, 1988 in
the Town of Wingham.
For more details or to indicate your willingness to act,
pledge contact the Clerk's office during normal office hours
:Monday to Friday.
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